Number 221 - October 2001

Wireless With Bite
by Vicki Lipset, Access Magazine 13 May 2001
After only 19 months of hype, the first Bluetooth products are finally [May 2001-ed] starting to ship. What's the fuss, you ask? Well, for one thing, Bluetooth promises cheap and convenient wireless connections. Bluetooth chips which use radio signals to transfer data over short distances (about 33 feet) [10 meters-ed], can be added to a wide range of devices, including cell phones, printers, laptops and digital cameras.	If you had a Bluetooth-enabled cellular phone and laptop, for example, you could make a wireless connection to the Internet. Or with a Bluetooth chip inside a digital camera, you could theoretically beam photos to your computer.     Don't get too excited, though. Despite the buzz, there are still relatively few products available that actually use the technology.
Number 221 - October 2001